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The effect of forage : concentrate ratio on the performance of bulls slaughtered at a range of liveweights

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  23 November 2017

T W J Keady  and
D J Kilpatrick
T W J Keady*
Affiliation:
Agricultural Research Institute of Northern Ireland, Hillsborough, Co Down, UK
D J Kilpatrick
Affiliation:
Department of Agriculture and Rural Development for Northern Ireland, and The Queens University Belfast, Newforge Lane, Belfast BT9 5PX, UK
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Previous studies (Steen 1995) have clearly illustrated that finishing male cattle entire increases animal performance and food conversion efficiency. Post implantation of the Mid Term Review of the Common Agricultural Policy, in the absence of subsidy, there is renewed interest in finishing beef cattle entire. Also with the expected contraction of the suckler herd post MTR of CAP there will be a reduced number of cattle available for finishing. Feed is one of main variable costs of finishing beef cattle. Consequently the objective of the present study was to evaluate the effect of forage:concentrate (F:C) ratio and weight at slaughter on the animal performance of ¾ or more continental bulls from the beef herd.

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Proceedings of the British Society of Animal Science , Volume 2006 , March 2006 , pp. 50
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Copyright © The American Society of International Law 2016

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Steen, R.W.J. (1995). The effect of plane of nutrition and slaughter weight on growth and food efficiency in bulls, steers and heifers of three breed crosses. Livestock Production Science 42: pp1-11.Google Scholar